204 HISTORICAL SKETCH 0F PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Hon. John H. Gray was a native of this Island, being born here in 1813, and was educated at Charlottetown. Preferring the military profession as his calling, he went to England, where he obtained a commission in a Regiment of Dragoons, in which he served in England. Ireland, India, and the Cape of Good Hope, in which latter country the Regiment was engaged in war against the treacherous tribes of Kaffirs. Returning to his native place about the year 1850, Captain Gray exchanged his military life for that of a civilian. Having obtained a seat in the Legislature, he became a member of the government in 1859. In March 1862, he was given command of the brigade of volunteers with the rank of Colonel. In 1867 Colonel Gray was appointed Adjutant General of Militia, and upon entering confederation he was made Deputy Adjutant General of District No. 12. Being in a state of sickness for some time, death overtook him on August 13th, 1887, aged 74 years.

Lieut.-Colonel Henry Beer, Mayor of Charlottetown, died on the 2nd of August, 1886, aged 51 years. He was born in Charlottetown in 1835. He organized the Dundas Volunteers at Southport in 1859, and at the period of his death, com- manded the 82nd Battalion of Militia. His obsequies was attended by the City Artillery, Engineers, 82nd Battalion of Infantry, and the Fraternity of Free Masons of which he was a member, preceded by the Bands playing the Dead March. His mortal remains were escorted from his late residence to the First Methodist Church, thence to the grave, followed by a large concourse of mourners. The rites of burial having been performed, each brother of the Fraternity let {all a sprig of evergreen into the grave, and the escort discharged its fare- well shot.

The Hon. Chief Justice, Edward Palmer, died at his residence on the 3rd of November, 1889, aged 80 years. His Lordship was born in Charlottetown, was admitted to the Bar in 1831. created Queen‘s Counsel in 1857, became Solicitor General in 1848, Attorney General in 1854, again in 1863, and Chief Justice in 1874 Mr. Palmer represented Charlottetown and Royalty in the House of Assembly for very many years, in which he was leader of the Conservative party. When the Legislative Council became elective about the year ‘ 1867, he was elected to a seat in that honorable body. On the third day of his demise, his mortal remains were laid to rest in